Yuanshan accompanied An Ziluo and Krui all the way to talk and laugh, all the way to the hurry, at noon, the group rushed to Yangguan.

The 100,000 soldiers and horses led by them lined up in front of Yangguan, which looked very spectacular.

Yuanshan, An Ziluo, and Krui rode their horses to the front of the battle, looking at Yangguan Guancheng, each thinking about it.

On the city of Yangguan Pass, there are many flags.

Di Qing and Chen Yaozhi stood side by side, also looking thoughtfully outside the city.

To their right and left, there were soldiers, muskets in their hands, waiting for them.

Outside the Yangguan.

Yuan Shan put away the hippie smile on his face, rode his horse to An Ziluo's side, and said with a solemn face: "Song Guo has increased troops to Yangguan, and Yangguan is not easy to fight." ”

An Ziluo deduced the strength of the troops in Yangguan through the figures exposed at the banner and the battlement, and said to Yuan Shan: "It's a little difficult to fight...... Previously, only the Song general Di Qing was sitting in Yangguan, and now there is not only Di Qing, but also the Song general Chen Yaozhi who is sitting in Yongzhou.

Chen Yao consulted a forbidden army.

Coupled with the forbidden army in Di Qing's hands, the number of forbidden troops of the Song State in Yangguan should be in the number of eighty or ninety thousand.

The forbidden army of the Song State is strong, and the number of eighty or ninety thousand can stop hundreds of thousands of people in Qingtang.

Coupled with the fact that they are guarding the pass, we need to pay more troops to break through the Yang Pass. ”

Yuanshan said in a deep voice: "But we already have no troops to deploy. ”

An Ziluo hesitated: "Don't we still have Liao soldiers to help?" ”

Yuan Shan snorted coldly, "Can you trust Liao Bing?" ”

An Ziluo was speechless.

If he could trust the Liao soldiers, he would not hesitate to mention the Liao soldiers just now.

Kruid, who had no sense of existence, didn't know when he had ridden to the two of them, and after hearing the conversation between the two, he hesitated for a long time and said slowly: "We can't pin our hopes on the Liao people, we have to rely on ourselves." ”

Yuan Shan laughed, "Then you say, how can we break through Yangguan by relying on our own words?" ”

Cruy smiled dryly and didn't say anything more.

Motoyama saw that Krui was stunned, and looked at An Ziluo again.

An Ziluo was silent for a long time, and said in a deep voice: "Kruid is right, we have to rely on ourselves. ”

Yuan Shan asked: "Then tell me, how should Yangguan be fought?" ”

An Ziluo pondered and said: "If we are hard-hitting, it will be difficult for us to gnaw at Yangguan for a while. If we want to win Yangguan as soon as possible, we can only win by surprise. ”

"What's a surprise way to win?"

Wonsan asked.

An Ziluo said in a deep voice: "Find a way to lure them out, without the protection of Guancheng, they are not our opponents." Wonsan's iron cavalry charge is enough to crush them, and we can take advantage of the situation to attack the city. ”

Yuanshan narrowed his eyes slightly, "If they dare to come out, I, Yuanshan Iron Cavalry, will naturally be able to defeat them." I'm afraid that they are like turtles, shrinking in the sun and refusing to come out. ”

An Ziluo glanced at Yuanshan and said: "We can think slowly about the way to lead them out of the city, what we have to do now is to send arrows to Xiao Pidi, let Xiao Pidi lead the soldiers and horses over, and form a two-sided attack with us, and put some pressure on the Song army." ”

When Yuanshan heard this, he urged: "Then what are you waiting for, quickly launch the arrow." ”

An Ziluo nodded and ordered to go down.

More than a dozen marksmen lined up, drew the ringing arrows at their waists, and shot a volley into the sky.

There is a whistle at the end of the arrow.

After more than a dozen arrows rose into the air, the crisp whistle spread all over the inside and outside of Yangguan.

Yangguan Guanxi, who had just led the soldiers and horses to touch the enemy of Yangguan, heard the whistle, and immediately ordered the Liao soldiers to give up the marching method of hiding and hiding, and changed to the marching method of riding horses and galloping.

Tens of thousands of Liao soldiers, after receiving Xiao's order, rushed to Yangguan one by one with their whips.

Time.

On the east and west sides of Yangguan, there are many battle flags.

Di Qing and Chen Yaozhi stood on Yangguan Guancheng and saw everything in their eyes.

When the Liao soldiers approached Yangguan, Di Qing snorted coldly and ordered: "Put a few cannons to cheer them up!" ”

With Di Qing's order, the artillery placed on the east and west walls of Yangguan opened fire in unison.

"Bang ......"

Hundreds of artillery salvos.

The roar and explosion resounded inside and outside Yangguan.

The war horses outside Yangguan Pass, heard the roar and explosion, let out bursts of neighing, some of the war horses were restless with their hooves to land on the ground, and some of the war horses were frightened and wanted to flee from here, the cavalry on horseback held the reins to restrain them, they could only keep raising their front hooves in place, constantly jumping.

For a while, the formation and queue became a little chaotic.

Seeing this, the soldiers of the Song State Forbidden Army in Yangguan broke out into cheers of excitement and joy.

"What a dismount!"

Yang Kanto.

Wonshan exclaimed while restraining the horse under his crotch.

When Di Qing was forming a flanking attack on both sides of the Qingtang soldiers and the Liao soldiers, he fired artillery demonstrations, disrupting the formations and queues of the two armies and causing the morale of the two armies to slack slightly.

However, the soldiers of the Song forbidden army in Yangguan used the power of artillery to stimulate more violent morale.

Morale is a very delicate thing.

Soldiers and horses with morale and soldiers and horses without morale are completely two kinds of soldiers and horses.

The strength of morale can sometimes be the key to winning or losing on the battlefield.

Therefore, Di Qing only used a few cannons to mobilize his morale, and Yuan Shan naturally wanted to praise it loudly.

An Ziluo frowned, listened to the shouts in Yangguan, and slowly spoke: "The enemy's momentum is like a rainbow, but the momentum of our army is a little frustrated, and it is not suitable to fight today."

Set up camp on the spot, rest for a day, and attack Yangguan tomorrow. ”

Motoyama nodded in agreement with An Ziluo's idea.

As for Kruid, when he arrived, he was like an outsider.

No one cared what he thought, and he didn't want to say anything more.

An Ziluo immediately ordered to set up camp and bury the pot to make rice.

Cruid's men and horses passed by.

On the contrary, it was the soldiers and horses of the Yuanshan Department who began to set up camp after Yuanshan gave the order, burying pots and cooking rice.

Yang Kansai.

After Xiao Pidi led the soldiers and horses to Yangguan, he restrained the formation that was scattered under the deterrence of artillery, and heard that An Ziluo on the other side did not lead the soldiers and horses to attack Yangguan, so he knew that An Ziluo temporarily avoided the edge of the Song soldiers in Yangguan and chose to set up camp.

Xiao Pidi immediately ordered his soldiers and horses to set up camp and bury the pot to cook.

The Qingtang soldiers and Liao soldiers on the east and west sides of Yangguan were encamped, and there was no other movement at all.

Di Qing and Chen Yaozhi at the head of Yangguan City were a little uneasy.

The two stared at Yang Guandong, the tents set up by the soldiers and horses of the Yuanshan Division, dumbfounded, and couldn't say a word.

The boxy tents, the neat arrangement, were so familiar to them.

The two stared at the tent set up by the soldiers and horses of the Yuanshan Department for a long time.

Chen Yao couldn't help but ask Di Qing, "I...... If I'm not mistaken, it should be the standard tent for our forbidden army......"

Chen Yaozhi's tone was filled with some uncertainty and some doubts.

Di Qing said solemnly: "Not only is the tent the standard configuration of our forbidden army, but even the way of camping and the order of arrangement are also the set of our forbidden army." ”

Chen Yaozhi swallowed a mouthful of saliva, lowered his voice, and said to Di Qing: "So...... Could it be true that Kou Shumi's statement that they are their own people? ”

Di Qing hesitated for a moment and said, "I never doubt my brother's words. It's just that how did they get the tents of our forbidden army, and how did they get the way our forbidden army camped?

Moreover, they are so blatantly taken out and used, are they not afraid of the suspicion of others? ”

Chen Yaozhi said with a somewhat strange expression: "If someone from Qingtang and Liao has been to Jiaozhi, they should not suspect it. ”

Di Qing looked at Chen Yaozhi in amazement, not understanding the meaning of Chen Yao's words.

Seeing this, Chen Yaozhi smiled bitterly and explained: "This is also the case for the soldiers and horses of Jiaozhi. The tents, the camps, the marches, the battles, and even the armaments are no different from ours. ”

The stunned look on Di Qing's face was even stronger.

Chen Yaoshi smiled bitterly and said, "They were all sold to them by Kou Shumi, and the price is not cheap. Often, the price of one tent sold is enough for us to build three.

When I was in Yongzhou, I also took soldiers and horses to escort armaments. ”

Di Qing didn't know what to say for an instant.

It is no secret that Kou Ji resold the armaments of the Great Song Dynasty.

Kou Ji eliminated the Great Song Dynasty, and sold the unused armaments at a high price to seek huge amounts of money for the Great Song Dynasty.

Lu Yijian and the three of them watched Kou Ji sell the waste eliminated by the Great Song Dynasty for a sky-high price, and they all protected Kou Ji in this regard.

As long as someone uses this matter to impeach Koji, they will be jointly attacked by the three of them.

And one blow is accurate.

Because Zhao Zhen, who was in charge of the ruling, knew how much benefit Da Song had gained from this.

It's just that Kou Ji sells the armament, and even teaches the way of camping, which makes people a little speechless.

Di Qing was silent for a long time and then asked Chen Yaozhi, "So, it is not a special case that the soldiers and horses of the Yuanshan Department can get my Great Song tent and camp method?" ”

Chen Yaozhi nodded.

Di Qing asked again, "Then we treat them as our own, is it too hasty?" ”

Chen Yao thought about it for a while, and said with a smile: "It's a little hasty, whether they are their own people or not, and then they will only know after verifying on the battlefield." But you don't have to think too much about it, we're ready to face the enemy with our own strength.

So it doesn't really matter if they're their own people or not.

If they were our own people, we would have ended the war more quickly.

If they weren't our own people, we would just spend more time. ”

Di Qing nodded slowly.

The two made a decision and did not continue.

After Di Qing finished speaking, he went to the city wall west of Yangguan, while Chen Yaozhi stayed in the east of Yangguan.

Following.

The sky was overcast and groggy.

Shangcang seemed to feel that there might be a big battle today, so he specially chose a weather suitable for them to fight in Yangguan.

After An Ziluo, Yuanshan, and Krui woke up, they ordered the soldiers and horses to bury the pot and rebel, and ate a hasty meal.

The horn that marked the imminent beginning of the war was sounded.

"Woo woo woo ......"

The long sound of the horn spread throughout the Yangguan and beyond.

For a time, people inside and outside Yangguan entered a tense wartime state.

After the Qingtang soldiers and the Yuanshan soldiers gathered, An Ziluo led the Yuanshan soldiers and the Qingtang soldiers to approach Yangguan under black pressure.

The wind blew a terrible sound like a ghost crying wolf, as if urging them to march as quickly as possible.

After the army was forced to the end of the sun.

With almost no hesitation, An Ziluo sent Krui to lead his soldiers and horses to attack Yangguan.

This siege is just a feint, a temptation.

Therefore, An Ziluo did not send the whole army out.

Yang Kansai.

After hearing the horn of the Qingtang soldiers, Xiao Pidi also gathered the soldiers and horses of the Liao State in an instant and launched an attack on the west of Yangguan.

On both sides of Yangguan, they are caught in the war.

It is worth mentioning that it seems to be to prevent artillery and grenades from affecting the horses, causing the siege of your own side to be frustrated.

When An Ziluo and Xiao Pidi sent soldiers and horses to attack the city, they left all the soldiers with war horses.

Yang Kanto.

Chen Yaozhi stood on the city wall, watching the Qingtang soldiers under the city head slowly approaching, and after the Qingtang soldiers entered the range of artillery, heavy crossbows, and bed crossbows, Chen Yaozhi decisively ordered to shoot.

"Shoot!"

Cannonballs, ballistas, burst out.

The sound of explosions and the sound of crossbow guns piercing flesh instantly filled the entire battlefield.

The Qingtang soldiers stared at the cannonballs and crossbow guns and slaughtered under the city of Yangguan.

The musketeers at the head of the city took muskets and fired at them with a fierce fire.

Covered by the powerful fire of muskets, artillery, grenades.

The Qingtang soldiers can be said to have suffered heavy losses.

A simple feint evolved into a one-sided massacre in the end.

Although the Qingtang soldiers have shields in their hands, they can withstand bullets.

But he couldn't stop the grenades that frequently exploded at his feet.

The battle in the west of Yangguan is almost the same as the war in the east of Yangguan.

Under the cover of artillery, muskets, and grenades, the enemy could not approach the city at all.

Yang Kanto.

An Ziluo and his party stood in the distance, looking at the Qingtang soldiers who couldn't even get close to the city wall, their faces were very ugly.

"This is the real strength of the Great Song Forbidden Army......"

Cruy was the first to mumble.

Yuan Shan said with a solemn face: "Under the cover of the firearms offensive, our soldiers and horses can't get close to the city at all. In addition to bows and crossbows, we have no other armaments to help the Song army. ”

An Ziluo nodded with a gloomy face.

Wonsan continued, "If we want to break the city, there are only two ways left. Either lure them out and engage them in the field.

Either they will not be damaged, attack Yangguan, and use human lives to tear a hole. ”

After listening to Yuanshan's words, An Ziluo decisively ordered: "Withdraw the troops ......"

As An Ziluo's order was conveyed, the Qingtang soldiers withdrew from the battlefield like a tide, leaving behind the corpses in one place and the Qingtang soldiers who were seriously injured in one place.

Xiao Pidi's side heard the sound of Ming Jin withdrawing troops from An Ziluo's side, and he also decisively Mingjin withdrawing his troops.

After the two sides collected their troops, they counted them a little and found that the battle losses were extremely large.

More than 1,000 soldiers were killed and wounded, and more than 10,000 soldiers were wounded.

And this is just a feint.

If the city is officially attacked, I am afraid that there will be more dead and wounded soldiers, and the number of wounded soldiers will be too many for them to accept.

"Tell me, how can you get them out?"

After An Ziluo and the others returned to the Chinese army's big tent, An Ziluo sat in the Chinese army's big tent and asked everyone.

Look at me, and I look at you, and there is no one to speak.

Seeing this, Yuan Shan slowly spoke, "Why don't I send someone to call the battle?" ”

An Ziluo shook his head and said, "It's not the period of the Qin and Han Kingdoms, so it's useless to call for a formation." They took advantage of their firearms and easily repelled us, so they didn't need to venture out of the city again. ”

As soon as these words came out, the Chinese army's tent fell silent again.

An Ziluo looked at everyone and said in a deep voice: "When we attacked Xiliangcheng, Ganzhou, Suzhou and other places, although we did not encounter the Song army, we did not encounter a large number of people in the Song Kingdom.

But some of the Song people who were scattered outside, as well as the heralds who rushed here to deliver the letters, were arrested by us.

There are about 300 people.

We drove them down to Yangguan City to see if the people in Yangguan would be saved.

If they are saved, then we will rush over and entangle them.

If they don't save him, then we think of him differently. ”

As soon as these words came out, the generals in Qingtang nodded in unison.

Yuanshan's brows furrowed into a Sichuan character, "Wouldn't it be too inferior?" ”

An Ziluo stared at Yuan Shan and asked, "Do you have any other better way?" ”

Wonsan gritted his teeth and didn't speak.

An Ziluo patted the dwarf table in front of him and said loudly: "Then it's decided." You quickly go back and gather your troops and horses, and I will send people to drive away the captured Song people. ”

Yuanshan got up and took the lead in leaving the big tent of the Chinese army.

Krui hesitated for a moment, and also followed Yuanshan out of the Chinese army's tent.

Then the others left the Chinese army tent one after another.

Kruid ran out of the tent and caught up with Wonsan.

"Wonsan Chief, wait a minute......"

At the foot of Yuanshan, he turned around with some displeasure and said, "What advice does the head of the Kruyi have?" ”

Krui hesitated for a moment, took out a wrench and handed it to Yuan Shan, "When I went to Song Kingdom before, I picked up a wrench. I heard it's a good thing, can you help me take a look. ”

Yuanshan was stunned for a moment and wanted to refuse, but when he saw Krui staring straight at him, as if he still had something to say, he didn't refuse.

I took the wrench and glanced at it casually.

Wonsan was stunned.

On the inner wall of his finger, he saw a small plum blossom seal engraved with a missing stroke.

Yuan Shan held the wrench in his hand, raised his head, and stared straight at Kruid, "This wrench is a good thing." ”

Cruy changed his previous demeanor of not caring about everything, stared at Yuan Shan and said, "I don't know how much it is worth? ”

Yuan Shan hesitated for a moment and asked, "No one told you when you picked up the wrench?" ”

Cruy said in a deep voice: "When I picked up the wrench, the owner of the wrench told me that if I meet you, just listen to you, and he said that you will not treat me badly." ”

Motoyama tossed the wrench to Kruy, "Gather the troops and horses first......

Kruy put away his wrench, didn't say anything, and left Motoyama's side.

The negotiation between the two was very short, and they negotiated inadvertently, although some people saw it, but they didn't think about it.

After all, the two of them are now in the barracks, and they are considered second-in-command and third-in-command.

Except for the number one An Ziluo, no one has the right to interfere in the negotiations between the two, let alone ask what the two say.

Therefore, even if someone sees the negotiation between the two, at most they will think that the two are discussing some military affairs, and will not think about other aspects.

After Cruy left, Wonsan hurried back to his tent.

The Nine Commanders of the Yuanshan Iron Cavalry were waiting for him in the tent at the moment.

Yuanshan entered the tent, and the nine commanders all got up and looked at Yuanshan.

Yuan Shan walked to his seat and sat down, and the nine commanders glanced at each other.

Someone asked, "Chief, what's wrong?" ”

Yuan Shan hesitated for a moment and asked, "Do you know how many of our own people we have in Qingtang?" ”

The nine commanders were all stunned, not understanding what Yuanshan meant.

Yuanshan didn't sell anything to them, and said frankly: "Just now Kruid found me and showed me something. Then I found out that he was one of our own. ”

"Young Master's people?"

The Nine Commanders asked in unison.

Yuan Shan shook his head slowly, "I can't say for sure if it's the young master's person, but he is holding the young master's things." ”

"Hiss......"

The Nine Commanders all gasped.

They all knew that it was not Kou Ji's people who took what Kou Ji gave, but people from the imperial court.

Whether it is Kou Ji's people or the people of the imperial court, here, they are all their own people.

Although Cruy is not good at talking, he does not like to be in the limelight, and he seems to be unremarkable.

But his status in Qingtang is not low.

He used to be the young patriarch of a large tribe in Tibet.

When his father was fighting with Jiaoguo Luo for the co-lord of Tubo, he was beheaded by Jiao Guluo.

After he succeeded to the position of patriarch, he was forced by Kakuro to take refuge in Kakuro.

After collecting the people, soldiers, horses, money and grain of their tribe, Jiao Guluo gave him a position of a very high-status general in Qingtang, and gave him more than 60,000 soldiers and horses.

It stands to reason that this kind of person is placed in the Great Song Dynasty, and he is a character who has been cut by a thousand knives by those in power.

But in Qingtang, Jiao Guluo couldn't cut him with a thousand knives.

Because if he cuts him without thoroughly digesting his clan, he will directly force everyone in his clan to rebel.

Others, like Cruid, who have taken refuge in Kakuro, will also have the sadness of the death of a rabbit and a fox.

At that time, there will be a mess in Qingtang.

Therefore, Jiao Guluo can only temporarily raise him high, give him some identity, give him some soldiers and horses, and let him live peacefully until he dies of old age.

It stands to reason that such a character is not easy to be rebelled against.

And it is easy to find out when you rebel.

Because after they are under their command, they will definitely send someone to keep an eye on them.

But the nine leaders didn't expect that Kou Ji's hand was so long, and he unknowingly rebelled against this person.

"The young master's methods are still the same as before, unpredictable."

The commander of the Yuanshan Iron Cavalry said in a deep voice.

Another Yuanshan Iron Cavalry Commander said: "Young Master's means, how can we speculate? ”

Another Yuanshan Iron Cavalry Commander said: "Young Master's means, we can't even think of even if we want to break our heads." So we don't need to pay attention to it.

Since the young master has let this person contact us, it means that this person can use it.

What I'm more curious about now is, how many people did the young master rebel against?

Since the young master has the means to rebel against this person, he has the means to rebel against others. ”

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